Fridays are awesome. Not as good as Saturdays, but close enough.

Blues news

• Alex Pietrangelo is still doing work. The current Barrie Colt and future Blue (hopefully) is leading his team in the OHL playoffs. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
• Jeremy Rutherford took questions. [STLtoday]
• Ben Bishop is going the World Championships. [Peoria Journal Star]

Hockey news

• This is a fantastic photoshop. [Fear the Fin]
• Joe Pavelski and the Sharks have beaten the Wings in Game 1. A friend of mine, who is a Wings fan, commented on Facebook that Detroit won 2.5 periods. That's almost the same as winning the game. [TSN]
• St. Louisian Harry Weber talks about his upcoming Bobby Orr statue. [Stanley Cup of Chowder]
• Here's the Team America roster for the Worlds. [TSN]
• Brooks Laich is a good dude. [Puck Daddy]
• Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin and Henrik Sedin are the Hart Trophy finalists. [ESPN]
• Lindy Ruff has been the coach of the Sabres forever, and will remain the head man next year. [ESPN]

Other links

• Hungry? Need an idea of what to eat? Bam. [What The Fuck Should I Make For Dinner?]
• Poor, poor Walter. [Buzzfeed]
• I want to reiterate: I am not a fan of ICP. I just happen to find the Miracles video hilarious. That said, that song is not the first time they have created shitty lyrics. [Buzzfeed]

Videos

Ryan passes along an awesome, albeit low quality, video of Keith Tkachuk being awesome.

From Childhood Trauma: Elf hockey.

That's it for this week. Poor College Student has the keys this weekend. Send him tips at gametimelinks(at)gmail.com